Occupational status and incidences of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in Swedish men: A population-based 35-year prospective follow-up study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 697-704

  Novak, Masuma ^a   Torén, Kjell ^a   Lappas, Georgios ^a   Kok, Wai Giang ^a   Jern, Christina ^a   Wilhelmsen, Lars ^a   Rosengren, Annika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competing risk; Incidence; Occupation; Prospective follow up; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; SWEDISH; WORKER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84884322793     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-013-9833-8     Document Type: Article

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